Coastal Shellfish — A Sustainable Resource: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, held in Cork, Ireland, 28 September–2 October 1999

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Shellfish ranching in the UK....Pages 1-5
Bivalve enhancement and restoration strategies in Florida, U.S.A.....Pages 7-19
Recovery of intertidal mussel beds in the Waddensea: use of habitat maps in the management of the fishery....Pages 21-30
On the dynamics of the stocks of blue mussels ( Mytilus edulis L.) in the Danish Wadden Sea....Pages 31-43
The role of lobster ( Homarus spp.) hatcheries in ranching, restoration and remediation programmes....Pages 45-48
An historical overview of the Republic of Ireland’s lobster ( Homarus gammarus Linnaeus) fishery, with reference to European and North American ( Homarus americanus Milne Edwards) lobster landings....Pages 49-62
Searching for the early benthic phase (EBP) of the European lobster: a trans-European study of cobble fauna....Pages 63-72
Conflict between two inshore fisheries: for whelk ( Buccinum undatum ) and brown crab ( Cancer pagurus ), in the southwest Irish Sea....Pages 73-83
The commercial potential of the common sea urchin Echinus esculentus from the west coast of Scotland....Pages 85-94
Implications of temporal and spatial variability in Paracentrotus lividus populations to the associated commercial coastal fishery....Pages 95-102
The impact of scallop drags on sea urchin populations and benthos in the Bay of Fundy, Canada....Pages 103-114
Short-term impact of blue mussel dredging ( Mytilus edulis L.) on a benthic community....Pages 115-127
The effect of scallop dredging on Irish Sea benthos: experiments using a closed area....Pages 129-138
Growth statistics of an exploited razor clam ( Ensis siliqua ) bed at Gormanstown, Co Meath, Ireland....Pages 139-151
The influence of dredge design on the catch of Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)....Pages 153-167
Preliminary appraisal of an innovative hydraulic dredge with vibrating and sorting bottom on clam beds ( Chamelea gallina )....Pages 169-173
A preliminary study on the effects of oyster culturing structures on birds in a sheltered Irish estuary....Pages 175-180
Living with bonamiasis: Irish research since 1987....Pages 181-186
A satellite and field portrait of a Karenia mikimotoi bloom off the south coast of Ireland, August 1998....Pages 187-193
The assessing of Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) rearing performances by the IFREMER/REMORA network: method and first results (1993–98) in Brittany (France)....Pages 195-208
The role of bivalve molluscs as tools in estuarine sediment toxicity testing: a review....Pages 209-217
Back Matter....Pages 219-224